Showdown with Iran: Implications for Global Oil
Dr. Brenda Shaffer presented “Showdown with Iran: Implications for Global Oil” to the Energy Academic Group at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. The seminar examined Iran’s attack on the Abqaiq oil processing complex in Saudi Arabia and Tehran’s broader strategy of targeting oil infrastructure to elevate global prices. Dr. Shaffer analyzed the implications […]
The Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century
Professor Brenda Shaffer presented on the topic of geopolitics and the future of energy in the 21st century at the Red Banyan Institute for Policy Research. The talk was part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics and was hosted by Professor Michael Leigh. At the time, Shaffer was a visiting researcher […]
Energy Security and Foreign Policy: The Case of the Caspian
On October 27, 2017, Brenda Shaffer spoke at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Energy Academic Group on why successive U.S. administrations have kept pushing Caspian energy development and westward pipeline routes, even as America’s own oil and gas production has boomed. Her answer was that Washington’s real interest isn’t the energy itself but international security: giving […]
The Iranian Nuclear Challenge
Brenda Shaffer joined Ashton Carter, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and nonproliferation expert Henry Sokolski for a forum on the Iranian nuclear challenge, hosted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics. The event was part of the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum series, held at the Harvard Kennedy School. Brenda brought her expertise on Iran and […]